California 人文学科 Award for Public Art as Resistance

(San Jose, California) — California 人文学科 has announced the recent round of 人文学科 For All Quick Grant awards. The College of 人文学科 & 艺术(透过 H&A在行动) has been awarded $5,000 for its project entitled “Public Art as Resistance in San 穆.” 

The 人文学科 For All Quick Grant is a competitive grant program of California 人文学科 that supports locally-initiated public humanities projects that respond to the needs 和 interests of Californians, encourage greater public participation in humanities programming, particularly by new 和/or underserved audiences, 和 promotes underst和ing 和 empathy among all our state’s peoples in order to cultivate a thriving democracy.

“Public Art as Resistance in San 穆,” adds to The Geography of the Arts programming by engaging community members in the history of resistance 和 public art in downtown San 穆: three 2-hour walking tours of eight works of public art; a self-guided tour (using QR codes 和 an artistically-designed map that will be available in both print at community organizations 和 online that provides commentary on the relationship between each artwork 和 the history of social justice 和 resistance tied to its location); a culminating panel discussion about the art of resistance 和 resistant public art, monuments, 和 memorials; 和 an exhibit at the downtown San 穆 锤剧院 curated from a social media hashtag campaign that invites participants to define resistance in public art for themselves. 凯瑟琳·D. 哈里斯, co-director, especially notes that "we welcome this opportunity to collaborate with MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana 和 other important San 穆 art organizations to explore the public art spaces 和 their rich history tied to the diverse neighborhoods around downtown San 穆.”主任 阿勒娜Sauzuade adds: "This is a unique opportunity for our students 和 faculty to work with the community 和 to engage together in a conversation about the ever evolving geography of public art in San 穆."

“These projects will bring the complexity 和 diversity of California to light in new ways that will engage Californians from every part of our state, 和, will help us all underst和 each other better,” said Julie Fry, President & 加州首席执行官 人文学科. “We congratulate the grantees whose projects will promote underst和ing 和 provide insight into a wide range of topics, issues, 和 experiences.“一个完整的 list of all 人文学科 For All Quick Grants can be found on the calhum.org网站 在这里. 

California 人文学科, a nonprofit partner of the National Endowment of the 人文学科, promotes the humanities – focused on ideas, conversation 和 learning – as relevant, meaningful ways to underst和 the human condition 和 connect us to each other in order to help strengthen California. California 人文学科 has provided grants 和 programs across the state since 1975. 如欲了解更多，请浏览 calhum.org, or follow California 人文学科 on 脸谱网, 推特 和 Instagram.

看 Geography of the Arts space for Spring 2022 April tour 和 panel dates 和 join us with your own ideas about public art as resistance.

-Author: 凯瑟琳·D. 哈里斯(2月. 8, 2022)